Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-11-24

been more or less constantly in my
mind ever since. When resting from
prolonged work upon the light. my
brain would revert almost automat-
! ically to the Oil idea. since the light
has been finished. have taken up
1 the phonograp.I. and. after eight
months of steady work. have made il
commercial invention. NY phono-
graph eypect to see in every business
Office. The firs. five hundred will. |
hope. he ready for distribution about
the end of January. Their opera
tion is simplicity itself, and cannot
fail. The merchant or clerk who
wishes to send letter has only to set
the machine in motion, ami To talk in
his natural voice and at the usual
rate of speed into the receiver. When
he has finished. the sheet. or .phOno-
gram. as | call it. is ready for put ing
into "A little box made o,, purpose for
the mails. W. aye ih.tips the sheets
i'm three sixe--onr lpr H. ttr~ OF from
500 to 600 woods. another size for
1000 words. anotiic.' size for 1000
words. | expect that an arrange
ment may he made with he postotiice
authorities enabling she phonogram
boxes to be SEN u. The same rate as
a lett
The receiver of - i,'ipnogram will
put 1t into his apparatus. and the
message will be gwen ouf moreclear!y.
more distinctly, than the best tele-
phona message ever sent. The tones
of the voice in the two monographs
which have finished are so perfectly
rendered thlt one can distinguish be-
tween twenty diii,-"nt persons. each
one Of whom has said a few words.
One tremendous advantage is that
the letter may he repeated thousand
times ii Necessary. The phonogram
does not wear out 10y use. Moreover,
1t may he filed away for "a hundred
years and be ready the instant it is
needed. Ii II man dictates his will to
the phOnograph. there will he no dis
putting the authenticity OF the docu-
mant with those vino knew the tones
of his voice in life. The cost of max
ing the phOnOgram will he scarcely
more than The cost OF ordinary letter
paper. The machine will read out the
letter or message ut the same speed
with which it was dictated.
IL have experimental with device
for enabling printers to set type d-
rectly from the dictation of the pho
nograph, and think that it will work |
to charm. Ii is so arranged that !
I he printer by touching u lever with !
his foot allows five or ten words of
the phOnogram to he sounded. Ii he |
Is not satisfied with the first hearing,
he can make it repeat the same words
over and over again unfil ne has Them |
in type For busy men who dictate n /
great deal for the pre -. | am sure that |
{ he phonoaraph vil, he n necessity
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"For musicians the uhono,roph i
going to do wonders. owing to the
extreme ,i,eapness with which I Gan
duplicate phoporrams and the deli.
racy with which the ann,rntus o;ves
out all musical sounds In ,bc rnrlv
of ten wears AGO. which /
was u very IMPERFECT and crude affair
comparcd TO tl,nt uf to-duv /, vs.
always noticed that Musical sounds
came out peculiarly well. The ma
,hlne would whistle or sing far better
han it would talk. This pecIlarity
Df the phonogrIplI remains. have
taken down the rniIsic OF anorhc.tra.
and the result is marvellous. Eac,,
instrument cau be l,erfertlv ,li.tin-
guished. the strings are perfectly dis.
met. the riolins from the c,llos. the
wind inst ritAien;s AMI ;t,. wood arr.
perfectly heard. and even in the notes
Jf n violin the ov,rtonr. are distiuc,
q II delicate ear. II going to work
Wonders for the benefit ni n,,sir lovers
\ piece for any instrument for the
piano. or for mn or.l,,str. or IN, oct
pr the whole OF an oi,ra. m,,sir.oI
nst ,rrnent. and ,nieor can h,. oiv,n
,It hy the ul,ononr,,,,h with - h.1utv
# tone and "A di.tin,fup.. ,,,st bnli,f
mi the duuIirotip, ,nn,,rat,,s fnr
i so ,haau nm oif,,i,th,,
hr price of nusi,. inr fh. pbonn,ranh ,
will be sear,elv worth ,.onsiJ..rins
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